POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 43, 20 February 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland (including Cook Islands), Id for each 4oz. or fraction ther&of, and i for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United 'States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nigeria, Poru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siain, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2id for tho first oz. or fraction thereof, arid lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards. —lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, Jd for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers.— Town (for accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or Id for, first 4oz. and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2id, and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for "all other places." All other places. Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration.— 2d additional for all places. Newspapers. —Town and Inland, id .iach,. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Boz. sent by first available route; over Boz. sent by direct steamer only; unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz. and id each extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Charges —At exchanges continuous open—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland. Wellington, Christchurch, Diinedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Pnlui erston North, and Wanganui art , n all, day and all night. The othei '"\- ohanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to b p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for ■.:■ livery in New- Zealand, not ex<:r-ou-ing—

Money Orders., (By . Post).---'Pay-able "in New Zealand, for each €5 or fraction 6f £5, 3d. Commonwealth. Fiji, Samoa, and'Tonga, £2, Gd; £5, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s Gd; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d, £2O, 4s; maximum £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States Etawaii and Germany, 3d for each £1 fir fraction thereof. (By Telegraph)—Within Now Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fe' it Is. : Australia,., at rate of posts! money orders,, plus telegraph charge. CABLE RATES. B. d. Australian' states 0 4J per word Fiji 0 6 Norfolk Island 0 6 " United States 2 4 to 2 3 " Cape Colony 2 7 " United Kingdom 3 0 " (Signature and address counted as part of the message). MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Post Office, Stratford, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily, S.lO a.m.; also, Tuesdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.23 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Hawera—-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.50 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimbana—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at 6 p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.na. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 6 p.m.; also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe— Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.ni . Midliirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., $.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 a.m. 12.15 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and" 6 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m., and Wednesdays, ti p.m. Rowtn—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.3 D a.m., and 2.30* p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m., also Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.1.0 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. ; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. To Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, (J p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday 9

a.m. ; Wednesday, 6 p.m. Wairarapa--Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30

a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m. and 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Whan<ramomona.—Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 6 p.m.;, also Tuesday and Saturday at 9 a.m. % *}. BTANTON,

N.Z, Aus O.K. 9. d. b. d. s. d. lib 0 8 0 8 1 (j 21b 0 4J 1 2 1 0 81b 0 6 1 8 i • 41b 0 7i 2 2 g j. 51b 0 9 2 8 2 0 61b 0 101 8 2 2 0 71b 1 0 8 8 2 0 81b 1 1* 4 2 3 0 91b 1 3 -,!4 8 3 0 101b 1 41 4 8 3 0 lllb 1 6 6 8 0 0